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INFO-MAC Digest Monday, 15 Feb 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 13 Today's Topics: Open Dialogue from the Desktop Reassembling Files TAC Hints Review of MacRecorder by Farallon Computing Re: Default tab settings in LSC Background process, new SE fan NCSA Telnet available from Macserve? DeskCheck Enclosed MultiLaunch Vision Lab (in 3 parts) Paint DA miniWRITER 1.4 (in 2 parts) LaserDump.Hqx Earthplot 3.0 Earthplot 3.0 sources.sit ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 8 Feb 88 09:19:21 EST From: Matt Rhodes <rhodes@ll-vlsi.arpa> Subject: Open Dialogue from the Desktop Ok I'm sure it exists but where do I find it. I find myself a little inconvenienced by 'mousing' through folders to get to application programs on my new hard disk. Several people have offered solutions to this problem (OASIS, HD Runner) but I wonder if a solution such as the following could exist. From the desktop I believe CTRL-O should bring up the Open file dialogue box. Within this dialogue, typing should select file/folders at the current level (e.g. 'CTRL-O s y s t' should probably get you to the system folder). Hitting return should then open the selected file/folder. This mechanism could probably then open any appl. with as few as 5-10 key strokes. This is really just giving access to the current Open file dialogue from the desktop. This mechanism would become even more power- ful if the keyboard capability were extended. Specifically, within a dialogue it should be possible to move "up" the file hierarchy (e.g. from within the system folder maybe CTRL-U should put you back to the disk level). This mechanism fits the philosophy that anything that can be done with the mouse should also be available from the keyboard in a less trans- parent way. With this type of interface the beginning user can quickly get functionality however the sophisticated user (read 'hacker') is not encumbered with a slow selection mechanism. I believe the mouse is a intui- tively obvious interface but the keyboard is an extremely efficient one and so both have there place in a good user interface. If someone has written this CTRL-O function key please let me know. Thanks Matt Rhodes MIT Lincoln Laboratory rhodes@ll-vlsi.arpa ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Feb 88 08:20:28 PST From: Steve Dennett <DENNETT@SRI-NIC.ARPA> Subject: Reassembling Files Hello, I often find that I have problems re-assembling binhexed files from the INFO-MAC archives that are stored in multiple parts. Usually what happens is that I get an error message when un-binhexing them. Oddly, the same procedure may work with one file and not another. Usually what I do is to FTP the files to our host, edit them into one large file while still on the host (and removing message headers-- is this necessary?), then download and un-binhex the file. I've also tried just editing out the message header, downloading, and using the APPEND program to combine the parts. Generally, the files that I've had problems with are the ones with 4+ parts (such as the MACUNDERGROUND file). Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong, and suggest a better method of handling these? Thanks. Steve Dennett dennett@sri-nic.arpa ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Feb 88 08:58:46 PST From: Steve Dennett <DENNETT@SRI-NIC.ARPA> Subject: TAC Hints Let me add a few notes to the comments John Robinson made about using Kermit through a TAC. As he stated, the TAC uses the @ as its intercept character, which means that it interprets the characters after an @ as a TAC command (and filters them out of the data stream). You can do two things to get around this: 1) you can change the intercept to a character that won't appear in your file with the command " @i N" where "N" is the ASCII decimal value of the new intercept character ( for example, "@i 6" would change the TAC intercept to Control-F (^F) ). 2) you can put the TAC in binary mode, which will disable the intercept character completely. This will also let you transmit 8-bit files if you need to (the TAC normally strips off the 8th bit). To do this, you must first connect to your host. Then type the commands listed below *in the order listed*. They must be typed in this order, because once the second command is typed, you will not be able to send commands to the TAC until you log out from your host and close the connection. The commands are: @b o s <return> @b i s <return> [Note that the "<return>" is the carriage return (CR) or "enter" key.] Doing either of the above will let you use Kermit through the TAC. There are, however, some additional considerations. If the TAC you are using is heavily loaded, it may not be able to keep up with the data stream from your PC (this is usually only a problem when uploading, not downloading). If you have this problem, there are two things you can try. 1) One problem the TAC has is that it has a very small (64 character) buffer. You can make it easier for the TAC by reducing the size of your Kermit packets from the default 80 - 90 character packet size to 60 character packets. 2) As John mentioned, you can enable flow control (XON/XOFF) at the TAC (this won't work when the TAC is in binary mode, however). To do this requires typing *three* commands: @d c a <return> @f i s <return> @f o s <return> You must type the "@d c a" first to get the TAC to accept the flow control commands. Note that when these commands are enabled the TAC will intercept any ^S or ^Q characters you type, which may make working with some editors (ie, EMACs) difficult. To turn off flow control, give the commands: @f i e <return> @f o e <return> Hope this helps. Steve Dennett dennett@sri-nic.arpa ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Feb 88 12:03 EST From: <EE2Y%CRNLVAX5.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> Subject: Review of MacRecorder by Farallon Computing For those wondering what ever happened to SoundCap, the sound digitizer, it has been bought out by Impulse; it is now called Sound Wave. I borrowed a friend's SoundWave equipment once, and was quite impressed. It was fun to play with. But 2 days ago, the computer store in which I work received a copy of Mac Recorder, by Farallon. It is superior to Sound Wave. You must see it to believe it. It includes a microphone, into which you can plug a line in (which you'd use to record from your stereo). Also, they give you a cable to hook up the Mac to external speakers. And, of course, the sound editing software (SoundEdit) is included. You get an appplication and 2 HyperCard stacks. You can do AMAZING things with Sound Edit, the music editor. Add echos, change to backwards, adjust envelopes, flange it, change the pitch, etc. It samples sounds at 4 speeds: 5, 7.5, 11 and 22 KHz. The HyperCard stacks allow you to record and playback sounds, and then paste them into any of your stacks. Other features: It has a 4-channel mixer, which will mix up to 4 tracks into one. If you have a Mac II and 2 of these pups, you can record in stereo. Or on any Mac, you can record each channel separately, and mix them to achieve true stereo (which could only be played back on a Mac II.) And it uses color on a Mac II. MacRecorder lists for $200. I can ship anyone (with Visa/MC) a new copy for $150. Let me know if you're interested or have more questions. Brian Campbell Cornell Univ. ee2y@crnlvax5.ccs.cornell.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Feb 88 11:02:06 -0500 (EST) From: Richard Siegel <rs4u+@andrew.cmu.edu> Subject: Re: Default tab settings in LSC In LightspeedC's resource fork, there is a "CNFG" resource that contains information such as the default font, size, tab, and search settings; while I don't remember the exact format of this resource, it is documented in the LightspeedC reference manual; check the 2.01 supplement as well. --Rich =================================================================== Richard Siegel THINK Technologies, QA Technician (on leave) The opinions stated here do not represent the policies of THINK Technologies or of Carnegie-Mellon University. Arpa: rs4u@andrew.cmu.edu UUCP: {decvax,ucbvax,sun}!andrew.cmu.edu!rs4u ================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Feb 88 14:51:10 EST From: "William E. Williams" From: <BSQUARE%YALEVM.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu> Subject: Background process, new SE fan I just took delivery on a new SE - boy is that fan QUIET! - and it came with multifinder. So, I got my first look at it. Disapointing that it only allows one process, namely laser printing, in the background, but it's a start. Can someone point me to references on writing programs to run in the "background?" I have a Mac + now dedicated to running some lab equipment, but it only has to think about this for maybe 5 seconds every 30. Of course, the Mac is as of now useless for doing anything else useful. I'd dearly love to learn how to make this program run under multi-finder (I haven't just tried running it with now modifications - it is driven by messages sent out and received from the serial port - think it would work?). Any help would be greatly appreciated! B2 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Dec 87 22:50 N From: FRUIN%HLERUL5.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu (Thomas Fruin) Subject: NCSA Telnet available from Macserve? The new NCSA Telnet (that supports the EtherTalk cards) is out, but can only be obtained by (1) FTP from an Arpanet address or (2) the normal mail system. Since I don't have access to Arpanet and it's a real hassle to order things from the States (I'm in the Netherlands), I was wondering if someone might want to make NCSA Telnet available on Info-Mac. That way it will get cross- posted to the Macserve server on Bitnet, and reach a far greater audience (hint: that includes me). Could someone, please? -- Thomas Fruin fruin@hlerul5.BITNET thomas@uvabick.UUCP hol0066.AppleLink 2:500/15.FidoNet Leiden University, Netherlands [archived as [SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>NCSA-TELNET-README.TXT [SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>NCSA-TELNET-21-PART1.HQX [SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>NCSA-TELNET-21-PART2.HQX [SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>NCSA-TELNET-21E-PART1.HQX [SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>NCSA-TELNET-21E-PART2.HQX [SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>NCSA-TELNET-21-DOCS-PART1.HQX [SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>NCSA-TELNET-21-DOCS-PART2.HQX This is not the complete library of files, but should be enough to get people started. Telnet 2.1e is the Ethernet version; regular 2.1 is for AppleTalk. - Lance ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 08 Jan 88 15:09:17 EST From: ephraim vishniac <ephraim@Think.COM> Subject: DeskCheck Enclosed Attached is documentation, executable, source (MDS assembler), and resources for DeskCheck. These were compressed and packaged with PackIt, and converted for mailing with BinHex 4.0. DeskCheck is a tiny program which examines all files with resources on all available volumes to find ones with defective bundles (BNDL and associated resources). Why bother? Bundles are copied into the Desktop file by the Finder. Defective bundles, which are surprisingly common, cause a variety of side effects. Ones that I've seen are a bloated Desktop file, Finder hangs or bombs when copying files, Finder hangs or bombs when disk is inserted, and Finder hangs or bombs when particular folders are opened. Successive Finders have been more resistant to these problems, but I don't believe it's perfect yet. For descriptions of DeskCheck's alerts, read the enclosed text file "Alerts." If you're bored and lonely, think about converting this into a decent application. It could use: menus a way of selecting volumes/folders/files to be checked more extensive documentation logging facilities, so you don't have to take notes If you're very ambitious, it could even be expanded to do sanity checks on other standard types of resources. If that's not tough enough, how about writing code to *fix* some of the more obvious errors in resource files? Hardest of all, perhaps, is to do a sanity check on a file's resource fork before calling _OpenResFile. There are files so strange that simply calling _OpenResFile brings on a bomb. [archived as [SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>DESKCHECK.HQX - Lance ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon 11 Jan 88 09:25:58-EDT From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR> Subject: MultiLaunch [ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ] Name: MULTILAUNCH 1.0 Date: 10-JAN-1988 00:31 by ASMCOR Ok, so you'd like to use MultiFinder, but you only have 1 meg of memory. You can trim all the extra fonts and DAs out of your System file, and turn of the memory cache, but it still doesn't leave enough room to run, say, Word 3.01 and FileMaker Plus together. The problem is that the Finder takes up 160K, even when you don't need it. MultiLaunch is designed to fix that problem. It contains just enough code to be able to launch applications under MultiFinder, and requires only 30K of memory! Now you *can* run two major programs at once on a 1 meg machine! MultiLaunch is shareware by Jan Eugenides. Try it. If you find it useful, send me $10. [archived as [SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>MULTILAUNCH-10.HQX - Lance ] ------------------------------ Date: Tue 12 Jan 88 09:34:29-GMT From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR> Subject: Vision Lab (in 3 parts) [ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ] Name: VISION LAB Date: 10-JAN-1988 20:35 by JONES Vision Lab - For all Macs with at least the 128ROMs. Works best on a Mac II. Opens Thunder Scan, MacPaint, PICT, and GIF files. Also works with the Koala MacVision hardware. (Vision Lab replaces SuperVision) [archived as [SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>VISION-LAB-PART1.HQX [SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>VISION-LAB-PART2.HQX [SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>VISION-LAB-PART3.HQX This program replaces SuperVision 0.41. - Lance ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed 13 Jan 88 16:06:48-GMT From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR> Subject: Paint DA [ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ] Name: PAINT VIEWER DA Date: 13-JAN-1988 00:56 by PAGE1 This is a picture viewer DA that views a MacPaint/FullPaint document on the full screen. It is compatable with 512s, Pluses, and SEs. Also works under DA FKEY and suitcase. Features include: Zoom in/out, scroll copy to clipboard, and startupscreen production. Shareware. [archived as [SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>DA-PAINT-VIEWER.HQX - Lance ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon 18 Jan 88 11:39:41-GMT From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR> Subject: miniWRITER 1.4 (in 2 parts) [ Uploaded from Delphi by Jeff Shulman ] Name: MINIWRITER PACKAGE Date: 14-JAN-1988 21:32 by DDUNHAM [ DA and doc updated 14-JAN-1988 21:32 by DDUNHAM. Version 1.4 works with LaserPrep 5.0 (supporting any font), and prints properly on an ImageWriter after another program has printed. Adds sheet feeder support. ] miniWRITER(tm) is a TEXT-processor desk accessory with Undo and deluxe printing at draft speed. In addition to the desk accessory itself, this package contains the following files: miniWRITER.doc describes the miniWRITER desk accessory. It's in MacWrite 2.2 format. miniWRITER.appendix goes into detail on ImageWriter printing. Part of the miniWRITER(tm) package. imageWRITER font. Use with miniWRITER desk accessory for what-you-see-is-what-you-get printing at draft speed. Two templates for printing envelopes with miniWRITER. For best results, install the imageWRITER font before using them. These templates work with the ImageWriter printer. A ResEdit TMPL (template) resource useful for customizing the miniWRITER desk accessory is included in the "suitecase file." Copyright (C) 1986 Maitreya Design. SHAREWARE. [archived as [SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>DA-MINIWRITER-14-PART1.HQX [SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>DA-MINIWRITER-14-PART2.HQX This version replaces version 1.39. - Lance ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 88 18:02:38 -0500 (EST) From: rs4u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Richard Siegel) Subject: LaserDump.Hqx The attached file contains an installer for a screen dump FKEY that will print the screen to any Macintosh-supported printer (ImageWriter, LaserWriter, or other), and an information file, all in BinHexed StuffIt format. Enjoy. --Rich =================================================================== Richard Siegel THINK Technologies, QA Technician (on leave) Carnegie-Mellon University, Confused Physics Major Arpa: rs4u@andrew.cmu.edu UUCP: {decvax,ucbvax,sun}!andrew.cmu.edu!rs4u ================================================================== [archived as [SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>FKEY-LASERDUMP.HQX - Lance ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jan 88 16:34:03 PST From: peirce@lll-crg.llnl.gov (Michael Peirce) Subject: Earthplot 3.0 This is an update of the Earthplot program. Earthplot draw a projection drawing of the earth given latitude and longitude. Older versions of this program where written in Megamax C and thus broke under the current system software. V3.0 is now written in LightSpeed C and supports large displays and the clip-board. Full source code is included in the next message. -- michael [archived as [SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>EARTHPLOT-30.HQX This version replaces the previous version. - Lance ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jan 88 16:34:40 PST From: peirce@lll-crg.llnl.gov (Michael Peirce) Subject: Earthplot 3.0 sources.sit This is the source code for EarthPlot 3.0. It's a stuffit archive containing the LightSpeedC sources, project (w/o objects), and resource files needed to rebuild it. The TranSkel library is also required (though not included). -- michael [archived as [SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>EARTHPLOT-30-SOURCE.HQX - Lance ] ------------------------------ End of INFO-MAC Digest **********************